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October 1890 Hill was at the
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475:; a reviewer wrote that she "doesn't look as if she is out of her teens, plays with great spirit and success as a fashionable society lady". She remained at that theatre until at least 1893. In 1896 Hill played Dora Thornhaugh in
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in 1883, with whom she had begun to appear on stage. The couple played mostly in New York City in the 1880s, and, mostly in
England, Hill continued to act through the 1890s.
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Theatre in 1875, described as "lively and picquant in a character well suited to her powers" in
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Farewell, a five-hour
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555:. Internet Shakespeare Editions, Retrieved 26 April 2011
413:. The following year, she played Fanny Gainsborough in
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659:"Miss Caroline Hill, Theatre Royal, Haymarket".
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343:At the Duke's Theatre in 1879, she appeared in
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1042:"The Lydia Thompson Farewell".
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582:"Musical and Dramatical Talk".
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515:"Caroline Lucreza Brook Hill"
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734:"Royal Princess's Theatre".
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